On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Chad Smith wrote:
Um, why the heck couldn't you run MS Office 97 or XP "as long as you want"?
There is nothing forcing you to upgrade if you don't want to.
[snip]
Well, first, the old versions don't read the new formats. That's
currently a much smaller problem than it has been in the past because very
few have bought into the recent versions of MSO compared to the past. Or
are there now patches for the old versions of MSO to read the new formats?
Second, because most OEMs that I've seen the last 4 years do not provide
CDs and at best provide only images for restore CDs that you'd burn
yourself. So, when you buy a new machine, you lose the OEM version of
MSO. That's not counting the fact that burned CDs only last a few years
before dropping data.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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